Best 292 quotes in «tennis quotes» category

He knew what the Beats know and what the great tennis player knows, son: learn to do nothing, with your whole head and body, and everything will be done by what's around you.

He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent

I actually wanted to be a tennis player.

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches.

I am sure every writer has this and probably every newscaster, that people are always coming up to me and saying, my daughter wants to do what you do, my godson, my tennis partner.

Henman and Coria have met three times in the past and they've won one apiece.

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

I did a really good job of sticking to the tennis court.

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.

I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

I don't know if tennis players feel like that but when you have a great opponent - although I didn't feel like he [ Ben Mendelsohn ] was an opponent - you just know your game is going to jack up and it's just going to raise the bar. I couldn't wait for that elevation.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.

I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.

I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that.

I feel lucky to live at a time when the dominant tennis players are Venus and Serena Williams. And to have lived through the success of a whole slew of boxers and feel I could invest emotionally and psychologically in their victories, and identify with them in their struggles.

I'd rather play tennis than go to the dentist. I'd rather play soccer than go to the doctor. I'd rather play Hurk than go to work. Hurk? Hurk? What's Hurk? I don't know but it MUST be better than work!

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.

If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match.

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side of the net.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

If someone says tennis is not feminine, I say screw it.

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.

If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.

If you don't do something special against Chris Evert you find yourself losing concentration after 35 shots.

If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am. I'm so much more than tennis.

I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is.